Total & land area: Jordan vs Taiwan size comparison [2026]

Jordan is 2.47 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 34,495 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Jordan is 34,284 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 2.45 times difference in territory size.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs Taiwan

See how Jordan and Taiwan compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Jordan	Taiwan
Total area	34,495 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.47	1
Total area rank	110/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.007%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.45	1
Land area rank	110/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.02%
Population	11,552,876	23,331,886
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	Taiwan
Forest area	376 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	60.8%
Forest area rank	159/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.02%
Arable land	788 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	2.3%	n/a
Arable land area rank	139/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	79/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	0%
Water area rank	115/197	193/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	n/a

Jordan vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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